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Deportation Preparation Manual for Immigrant Families

By | Deportation, Detention, Family Separation, ICE, Immigration Enforcement, Practice, Practice Highlight, Youth & Families

Deportation Preparation Manual for Immigrant Families

Appleseed Network (July 2025)

This manual contains detailed information on issues like school safety, child custody, psychological issues for children, and much more in order for immigrant families to prepare for potential deportation. It’s available in both English and Spanish. There is also an accompanying webinar reviewing the manual.

Immigration “Wellness Checks” For Children: What sponsors, household members, and young people need to know

By | Immigrant Youth, Immigration Enforcement, Practice Highlight, Unaccompanied Minors, Youth & Families

Immigration “Wellness Checks” For Children: What sponsors, household members, and young people need to know

Immigrant Legal Resource Center (July 16, 2025)

This resource addresses the “wellness checks” federal officials are conducting on unaccompanied immigrant children and their sponsors and what families need to know about their rights and seeking legal support.

Protecting Children in Schools Against Immigration Enforcement: What Schools and Parents Can Do

By | Immigration Enforcement, Practice, Practice Highlight, Social Work, Social Workers, Youth & Families

Protecting Children in Schools Against Immigration Enforcement: What Schools and Parents Can Do

Immigrant Legal Resource Center (July 28, 2025)

This resource toolkit provides guidance for students, parents, and school administrators on how to prepare for immigration enforcement at schools while explaining the constitutional protections and educational rights that remain in place despite recent policy changes under the Trump administration.

State Policies Matter for the Well-Being of Immigrant Parents & the Academic Achievement of Their Young Children

By | Child Well-Being, Immigrant Families Research, Research, Research Highlight, State Policies

State Policies Matter for the Well-Being of Immigrant Parents & the Academic Achievement of Their Young Children

Kevin Ferreira van Leer, Caitlin Lombardi, Rachel Chazan-Cohen, Vanessa Esquivel, Prisila Isais, and Anne Berset; UConn Collaboratory on School & Child Health (May 2025)

This research brief reviews the impact of state policy exclusions on immigrant family well-being.

Understanding the Needs of Unaccompanied Immigrant Children Separated from their Parents during the “Zero Tolerance” Policy in the US: A Systematic Review of the Literature

By | Child Well-Being, Family Separation, Immigrant Youth, Immigration Enforcement, Research, Research Highlight, Unaccompanied Minors, Unaccompanied Minors Research

Understanding the Needs of Unaccompanied Immigrant Children Separated from their Parents during the “Zero Tolerance” Policy in the US: A Systematic Review of the Literature

Kristina Lovato, Daniel Hieu Thuan Bui, & Michelle Zaragoza; Children & Youth Services Review (June 2025)

This systematic review highlights mental health and social service outcomes of children forcibly separated from their parents during and following the Zero Tolerance Policy and examines barriers and facilitators in accessing social services upon their release from US detention facilities.

Five Ways the House Reconciliation Bill Will Be Catastrophic for Immigrant Women and Families

By | Detention, Federal Policy, Immigration Relief, Law & Policy, Law/Policy Highlight, Legal/Law, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS), Unaccompanied Minors

Five Ways the House Reconciliation Bill Will Be Catastrophic for Immigrant Women and Families

Women’s Refugee Commission (May 19, 2025)

This issue brief explains the harmful impacts of the House Reconciliation bill for immigrant women, children, and families, including stripping healthcare coverage for immigrant survivors of domestic violence and human trafficking, decimating legal protections for Unaccompanied Children, and expanding ICE’s detention capacity.

Immigration Enforcement at All Costs: How the Trump Administration is Endangering Unaccompanied Immigrant Children

By | Child Well-Being, Federal Policy, Immigrant Youth, Immigration Enforcement, Law & Policy, Law/Policy Highlight, Safety, Unaccompanied Minors

Immigration Enforcement at All Costs: How the Trump Administration is Endangering Unaccompanied Immigrant Children

The Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights and National Immigrant Justice Center (May 25, 2025)

This explainer discusses how Congress and the administration have been undermining ORR’s ability to focus on child welfare, family reunification, and safety by tying ORR operations to immigration enforcement actions and provides recommendations on what can be done to support unaccompanied children.

The Health Costs to Children of Stepped-Up U.S. Immigration Enforcement

By | Child Well-Being, Federal Policy, Immigration Enforcement, Law & Policy, Law/Policy Highlight

The Health Costs to Children of Stepped-Up U.S. Immigration Enforcement

Valerie Lacarte, Migration Policy Institute (June 2025)

This article reviews the health impacts of recent immigration enforcement policy changes, such as the elimination of the sensitive locations policy, on children in immigrant families.

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